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Russian National Assembly,
BOCIALISTS' THREAT.
London, agrd ('ctober... The socialist parties in Warsaw have uni- tedly. iuued proclamations, declaring that they will forcibly prevent the election of de puties to the National Assembly,
Great Britain, Franos and.
Germany."
Later: A recent article in the Neue Freie Presse (Austrian) accusing Great Britain and France of trying to pravake a war with Germany, has caused fresh acrimonious polemics in Ger. many on the one side, and Great Britain and France on the other, the acerbity of which keeps alive the international animosities ex- cited by the Le Matin disclosures,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 25 1905.
THE CHINA ASSOCIATION.
HONGKONG BRANCH
INTERESTING ADDRESS.
materially is weak and wonkness always pro duces nervousness and irritability
When China was really strong 600 to 700 years ago, ander hengis Khan and Kublar Khan she welcomed foreigners much more freely than
The Hon. Mr. Gersham Stewart presided at she did later under the less powerful Mings the annual meeting of the Hongkong branch 300 years ago. Under the great, Emperor of the China Association held in the City Hall, Kang Hi the was distinctly more liberal to at 4 30 this afternoon. Among others present outsiders than she is, to lay Historically were Messri. 14. F. l'allock, K.C., W. G. Hum. therefore we have no reason to dread a reason- phreys, W. Patlane, A....Woud, H. Wably strong China The Yellow Perils cry Robertson, F., Salinger, G. H. Medhurst, E. has no fear for those who feel that Ching' Osborne, M. Stewart: (Hon, Secretary), F. W. natural genius donù not lead to conquest and Mitchell, T. Hough, T. P. Cochrane, A. R.gression, but China absolutely weak and Lowe, A. J. Raymond, J. C. Peter, W. lying as a carcase for the eagle is a real danger Saunders, E. G. Datret, and A. S. D. Cousland, to the peace of the world.
The Secretary read the notice convening the meeting, ußter which
The Chairman Bald --As it is usus! here to arcept as read reports which have been in the hands of members for some days, I propose to follow the prevailing custoni, and ask you to accept as read the report I have now the
innour to present to you
You will see from the accounts that we have a credit balance of something over $1,000. In view of this and our small expenses we have not collected any subscription for 1905, deemed it advisable to publish the 'rep ri and show that we had not been idle and, then "to" invité an ex 'ression of opinian from the mem hers as in what course they may deem it - visable to pursue. It is useful to have some
CURRENCY.
The question of aniform currency for China has occupied our attention as the appendix shows.
We cannot claim that much progress has been made, but we hope that, what Has been dune up till now will not be entirely useless.
As in all great reforms the real impetus must come from within and not from without, and 1 think no influence will be so potent is arriving at this desired end as trunk lines of railways throughout the country. When the travelling Chinaman finds himself squeezed in exchange over every railway ticket a cry for a common standard will surely go up throughout the land, and the engineer will have 'conquered where the financier and diplomatist have failed. One
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GREAT BATTLESHIP CONSTRUCTION.
According to a London journal, the United States har under construction 13 first-class battleships and 19 other vessels. Of the battle ships, seven will be ready to be commissioned within the next half year.
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SHANGHAI SHARE MARKET. Advices from Shanghai, 'dated "ast lost, state-Business reported-indo-Chinas at Ti 68 cash, Farnham, Boyds at T. 1461 ROBINSON PIANO for December, and Tis, go for March. Shang- hal and Hongkow Wharis at Tis 190 for October. Langkate at Tis, 146 for December.
Chinese Engineering and Mining Co. at Tis,
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The new vessels building for the United States navy are batleships Connecticut, 16,000 tunas Georgia, 14,948; Idaho, 13,000; Kansas,
Business done direct':-Farbam, Boyds at foco; Louisiana, 16,000; Minnesota, 16,000; Tle. 145 for November, Tis. 1461 for Decem Mississippi, 13,000; Nebraska, 14,948; New|ber, and Tla. 150 for March. Shanghai and Hampshire, 16,000; New Jersey, 14948: Rhode Hongkow Whatfs at Tls. 1881 for October, NEW PIANOS $375 Island, 14,948; Vermont, 16,000; Virginia, Tle. 19a for December, and at Tl. 20"for" 14,948; and, the 17 other vessels are armoured March. Yangisto Wharf at Tis 190 cash. cruisers-California, 13,680j Charleston, 9,700. Colorado, 13,680; Maryland, 13,680 Mil for October, and Tls 2461 for December. Astor Porak Sugar at Tis: 65. Langkats at Tis, 240
waukee, 9,700; Montana, 14,500; North Cara-
House at $17. Wel-hai-wai Golds at $8 canh. in, 14,500; Pennsylvania, 13,680; St. Louis, 9.700; South Dakoin, 13,680; "Tennessed, 14,500; Washington, 13,500; West Virginia, 13,680;| Scouts: Birmingham,, 3,750; Chuler, 3,750; gun vessels Dubrique, 1,085; Paducan, 1,085. With the completion of the battleships men tioned above, the United States will be able to out into lise of battle 25 first-class vessels.
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THE LOSS OF TH# "ASTER-R70."
FINDING OF THE COURT OF INQUIRY.
to incur fairly heavy telegraphic expenses, but at a station with his fare tied up in a 'handker-. we don't want to go on indefinitely piling it up. chief which he has carefully calculated for My own idea is that it would be a graceful act about a month; one can see his disgust and | on our part after collecting this year's subscrip- wrath as extra cash, or perhaps even cents, are tion to remil, to London anything in excess of demanded at the ticket office. What hustings $1,000 as their report shows that their expenses into secret packets! One can almost hear the Finding of a Court of Inquiry he'd at the are firgely me by heavy donations from va interchange of invective which will pass Custom House, Shanghui, on the 19th October,rious firma interested in China.."
across the ticket window and how the respecta 1955, called ne the request of the China Mer This is, however, my opinion as an indivisbility of the ancestors of the contending parties chants Steam Navigation Company, to investidual, but no the disposal of dicimbers' funds is would be called in question! We can picture gain the circumstantes atending the loss of naturally a question they must decide for them. the grumblings of those awaiting their turn and their 18. #sch-ko on the 30th ult., 1905, whilst selves we invite an 'expression of opinion on the laughter of those who have passed through on a voyage from Chefoo to Shanghai,
the point.
the ordeal. The victim would appear ridicu- Many members resident here pay their sab-lous, and ridicule to the Chinaman is infinitely scriptions in London, but as the London re. stronger than cold argument. His acute sense pont gives no list of names it may be that some of humour will push very strongly against love of these have not received reports, We shall of old customi, as I believe ere long one coin
breadth of the Celestial, Empire 'like the Pek-
ngere dialect. (Applause),
President –H, Elgar Hobson, Commissioner of Customs, President; and Lieut. K. Macken. zie-Grieve, R.N., H M.S. Cadmur, W. A. Carl- son, Harbour Master, Assessors; A. H. Hudgens very glad to send them now if they will let
Clerk of the Coure;.
T Weit, watching the case on behalf of the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company. From the evidence. heard in this case the Court finds as follows:-
us know.
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THE LATE WAR,
That the "wa, lisick-ho, al 1,898 grownessing one of the greatest confticis ever and 1,0B1 register tons, owned by the China fought, and quite the greatest in regard to the Merchants' Steam Navigation Company, and
enormous powers of destruction brought to commanded by Captain A. A. Crawford. left bear by the respective combatants one against Chefon for Shanghai «bout noon on the 'zgth the other. September, 1905, with a small general cargo. and's foreign and it native passengers...
The crew consisted of the Captain, two mates, three engineers, and 35 natives. Com
pradore's staff: uncertain,
The vessel's draft was about 7 feet forward and 11 feet. ft.
Happily it is over, and the loss of life, and the misery Involved, heavy as they are, are less by far than a contest wages with equal valour would have been in ancient days, when fight ing badd to hand was the accepted principle of warfare.
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The battleship Oregon is to be ordered home
record of unbroken active service is one of the longest in the history of the navy. She first want into commission in July, 1856. Her per- formance of racing around Cape Horn, under command of Captain Charles E. Clerk, during the Spanish war, is likely to long remain as the most remarkable nan ever made by a bat leship. Starting on March 19, 1898, from Sạn Francisco, she covered 13,000 miles in sixty-months' sight eight days, and reported at Jupiter Inlet at a critical moment. In October of the same year she made a run of 21,200 miles to Manila, reaching there in perfect condition,
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THE ANGIOJAPANESE SHIP- PING CO.
Further particulars of the Anglo-Japanese As mentioned in that report, the period cov
CARING FOR BRITISH INTERESTS, ship-owning and carrying combine, which has ered is one of exceptional interest, for during 1 will now refer to the paragraph under the been arranged with' a capital estimated at. the whole of the time the world has been witheading China League. This and the corres 500,000 are now to band: According to a pondence in appendix 15 shows what we have Liverpool cable the chief 'uropean office will done. We regret that there should be two be in London, and the offices of the manage bodies pursuing the same ends although by ment will be located at Liverpool. The names different namei-the objects and reasons for of Mr. F. D. Holt, Sir Alfred Jones and a our existence are stated at the back of this re- | number of prominent merchants with Far pur', and we ‘coutënd that these reasons "are | Eastern interests are mentioned in connection peaceful and justified.. We, think the best way with the undertaking. It is said that the com- of attaining these objects are those we pursue. bination will have some 40 steamers of from There are many things we may wish to see put 2,000 to 8,000 tons which have been acquired right, which it would be impossible to advertise by the Japanese Government in transport largely At the same time we have no work. It is understood that the Japanese intention of sitting quietly in the pocket of the Government has given its approval to the -That at about 6.30 am, on the joth Sep Now that Japan has emerged victorious, the Foreign Office and being thought worthy of enterprise and granted concessions for ware- tember when the ship was in Latitude 35" 74' position of affairs in China will probably be commendation because we never give them any houses and docks and that steamers, will be M., Longitude 121 37 H., in fine weather, the much improved in so far as the fear of parti-trouble, it is our only excuse for existence ran between London, Antwerp, certain French struck a mine which exploded under the fortion is to a great extent removed. ward part of the fore hold, sending the water And it looks as if we are profiting by the that we are prepared to push and push ports and the Orient. spouting up though the ventilator and burst occasion, as witness the new loan by the hard when opportunity requires it. (Applause.) ing open the fare hatch.
Hongkong Government to pay the Americans We.. venture to think, can only he a wa matolain an and Belgians out of the Canton-llankow Rail-seful body as long as
independent and at the same time a friendly way.
In common with every British subject in attitude, and if we further establish'n good re China, we have reason to rejoice at the forecard for being at once active and not without thought which conceived and, the wisdom which carried out this bold stroke. (Applause)
Although" delays may be tedious and si-
3-That the and officer way in charge of the deck and the and engineer of the engine room at the time of the explosion.
4That the abip began to sink rapidly by the head, and finally disappeared about fifteen minutes after contact with the mine:
5.That the chief engineer went into the
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At the Company's Office, St. George's Buildings,
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KOWLOON CUSTOMS NOIFICATION, WRE K IN CANTON RIVER.
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Trade
TELEPHONE No. 135
discretion there are times and occasions when we can be useful to our own officials" as they' can be 10 s. (Applause) That we exist for engine.rom immediately after the explosion, though we may suffer oflen from hope defer that we gradge good fortune to the energies the care of British, interests in no way means stopped the engines, and eased the safety valve, red, we have before us an infinitely brighter and abilities of those who inay compete with
6-That the post after life-boat and the prospect than we have bad in China ever since 'dingey on the port side of the after deck were the construction of the Siberian Railway which
The press bickerings which at times successfully launched, in which boats were the with its implied absorption of the north of be deplored by all thinking men. It would come across the world to this Colony may majority of the survivors, others swimming to China by Russia hung like a thundercloud
ba good thing if the proprietors of them or being picked up by them subsequently over the heads of home espitálisis contem
7. That the port forward life-boat was float-plating investments.out here. (Applause).
those misguided papers (and we have ed when the water reached it; but for some That we have ma ntained our position as well plenty of them) were to send their editors to unexplained reason capsized before it was clear as we have done is due targaly to the tenacity and Tientsin for a period. It would be to them tude of the faces at work. There are probably the junk is moored close to the wreck in 26
one or more of the ports between Singapore high, and then you get some idea of the magni- should do so on the side of the leck SCOTCH
of the ship...
That nu boats were swung out from the starboard side, though all were cleared in order that they might float off as the ship sank. That the ship was properly found in life buoys and life beks, aud that the boats were properly equipped, in good condition, and the falis, etc., in good working order:
10-That as far as is known fifteen, lives were lost, namely, the 2nd and 3rd engineers, - 2 of the compradore's staff, I' ́steward, r boy, 3 fireman, 1 sailor, and ́s native passengers,
That the officers did everything in their power to save the lives of the crew and passengers, that there was no excitement, but that the work of launching the boats was greally hampered by the Chinese jumping into them as soon as the covers were taken off The loss of life in attributed mainly to the captizing of the port forward life-boat, in which the and engineer, Mr. Mauchan, was last seen The 3rd engineer,, Mr. Muir, was las, seen on deck a few minutes after the explosion, and it is not known that he entered any of the boats,
13That the Captain remained on the ship dll the last moment of safety and then swam to a piece of wreckage from which he was picked up by the port after life-bost,
and energy of individual British traders at various ports in China and to the yeoman ser- vice, which has been often rendered, and by various Consuls, and in the expacity of our veteran Minister at present at Peking. (AP plause).
As regards West River steamers, barriers in the Canton River and various other fems in our report, including the rights of neutrals during war, the published correspondence deals with them and the position we have taken up will, we trust, be approved of..
a valuable education for they would find men five or six, if not more, of these shifting moun favour of fortune and yet living together in of many nations closely competing for the tains carried upon a bosom of molten lava which is underneath, · The larger ones, which complete harmony and mutual respect, (Applause) ripening with many of us into firm, and enduring friendship.
pian ideal, but it is none the less an ideal Tlie brotherhood of mankind may be a Uto. worthy of being sought alter, and to start out designedly with evil intent and malice afore thought to destroy it, seems nothing short of The memorandum by Mr. Kopsch we ra
monstrous iniquity and merite assuredly the wmost condemnation. (Applause), I earnestly commend to your attention as it gives informa-hape that the accusation of fermenting mutual lion upon a subject most of us in the South distrust and will will never be laid with know litle or gothing of, and is about a coun jovice at the doors of the China Association. try which we hope has abounding possibilities
(Pinlanged applause.) · for peaceful development. (Hear, hear)."-
An extended report will appear in our issue
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CHINA'S MINES.
✨ DEVELOPMENT checked.
According to a Peking letter, the Shangpu having received from Viceroy Chop Fe of Nanking an exhaustive report on the mineral resources of the Liangkiang, Viceroyally (Klangen, Kiangsi, and Anhui provinces) bas issued instructions to Lon Viceroys and Govern
KOWLOON AND CANTON RAILWAY. Our report and the correspondence we pub fish shown the line,we have steadily' followed and I will not aplarge further upon it except to say that I am sure all members of this Associa tion will gladly assist at the cutting of the first sod, if there is any ceremony on that interest. Ing occasion. (Applause). If there are delays with the negotiations at Peking let us at any rate have nons as to doing our own section which will certainly encourage the others in. 13.-That a good look-out was kept both from terested to persevere the forward and from bridge and, as nothing. As regards the general question of railwayors of other provinces ordering them to follow floating was reported by the lookout men the enterprise in China bur letter of July 5, which Viceroy Chou Fu's example, and also to estab- Court is of opinion that considering the position we panly publish, shows our views as to the lish in each province a Department of Mines, in which the mine exploded, it must have been advisability of our uniting with our allies in ti her submerged or nearly so.
this direction," (Applause) 14.—That the survivor, were; picked up by⠀⠀⠀ That there should be on the part of China a the China Navigation Company's steamer firm desire to control her own railways is only Chinkus about an hour after the vessel sank, natural, and those, who like ourselves have no and brought to Shanghai,
territorial ambitions in China can view that desire with respect and sympat
But for lack of engineering skill, and capital Batuct her hina-must.
theCapta
which shall without delay make a careful and detailed survey of the mineral deposits of each province, mark out their respective boundaries, and earmark all places in which there may be the least indication of possessing minerale or any kind of thing having any commercial value. After this has been done permission must be obtained from the Department of Mines bafore any person or persons shall be allowed to da
elop such deposits. These Departments the other hand, will be required to send period-. ical reports to the Shangy for record, with maps and goseral remarks on sach” newly.!! opened mine or mines that shall come. nder the "Deperiment as hosted peal: Goren ment will be able to lendwas cons
are now travelling very slowly, will probably. soon come to a standstill, as the lava which is carrying them is solidifying at the extreme
progress ends, and beginning to hinder their forward
A TUNNEL, MYSTKRÝ,
"SHERLOCK HOLMES" CONSULTED...
The Merstham tunnel of the London & Routh-Eastern Railway, where the brutal murder of Frederick Gold by Percy' Lefroy,. alias Mapleton, occurred on June 27th, 1881, has again been the scene of a mysterious ragedy, the detalls of which, so far as, ascor- tained, are markedly similar to that of a quar ter of a century ago. In the present case the victim is a young woman, Mary Mooney, whose body was horribly mutilated. A long veil was | tightly wedged in her mouth, and the police are confident that she was murdered in the compartment of a train on which she was travel ling, and her body thrown from the car. The fact that all the doors of the train on its arrival at Rod Hill were closed, is considered to prove conclusively that it was not a case of suicide. According to telegraphic information received from home the outrage has served to minit a crusade against the continued use of the cell- like compartment cars on the British railroads, and at least one road is said to have counter manded a large order for the old-type cars in consequence of the crusade, agus te
Sir Conan Doyla was asked, in his capacity of Sherlock Holmes, to give his opinion of the tunnel tragedy. He declined, but warmly denounced the present style of cars and lack of protection for women travelling alone. He said j hink, it perfectly scandɛloss that
Mirsiis bould
Chinese Torpedo-boat "LOT FUR ()sunk in CANTON FIVER in marked by a junk which carries a Red Fing by lay, and Two White Lights (one under the other) from one yard arm and One White Light on the opposite yard arm by night. Vessels passing
eet low water,
The bearings art :--- North end of LANKIT ISLAND ̧N. 56" W.
about 5 miles. CHUENTI POINT N. 28° W. about 64 miles.
T. E COCKER, For Acting Commissioner of Customs,
Kowloon District.
Custom House, Kowloon, 24th October, 1995.
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A representation of a Chinese Pagoda with the words "WO LEE" on the top of same and the Chinese characters (Wo
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cotton, hemp, flax, Jute) wool, silk, bris- des, hair and feathers in class 4.
A facsimile of the Trade Mark can be seen Hongkong, and also at the Offices of the Under at the Office of the Colonial Secretary of signed
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